Barry goldwater's Political Career

Goldwater was elected as a member of the Phoenix City Council on 1949, and began his political career. 1952 was elected to the Senate for the first time, defeating Ernest McFarland, the incumbent Democratic Senator and Democratic Majority Leader. He was re-elected in 1958, but resigned from the Senate in 1964 because he participated in the presidential election. With the Democratic Party winning 1958 for 13 Senate seats, goldwater's first re-election was successful, which can be said to be quite outstanding.

Goldwater soon became a well-known figure who emphasized the trade union reform and anti-* * stance politically, and he actively participated in the conservative alliance in Congress. However, goldwater has also distanced itself from some extremists in the anti-* * ism movement. 1956, he helped pass the controversial Alaska Mental Health Promotion Act, although many people accused it of being an effective plot to establish a concentration camp in Alaska. On the labor bill, he pushed Congress to pass a major anti-trade union corruption bill in 1957, which led the AFL-CIO to try to prevent him from being re-elected in the election campaign in 1958, but goldwater was finally elected. Goldwater voted against the motion of Congress condemning Senator joseph mccarthy on 1954, but he was more cautious than McCarthy in this respect and never accused some people of being * * * producers or Soviet spies like McCarthy. 1960, goldwater published The Conscience of a Conservative, explaining his resistance to the spread of productism, which later became an important work for the development of American conservatives.

Goldwater supported the NAACP in Arizona and helped abolish the apartheid policy of the Arizona National Guard. At the national level, he supported the Civil Rights Act 1957, and also supported the constitutional amendment 1960 prohibiting the collection of voting tax. However, he opposed the more complicated civil rights bill introduced by 1964, arguing that the bill was unconstitutional, which expanded the power of the federal government and gave it the right to control private affairs and employers' rights on the grounds of "legal ethics". 1964, the main opponents of the civil rights bill were Democrats from the south. Except for goldwater, only four non-southern senators opposed the bill, which gave goldwater a lot of support in the south that opposed federal legislation.

1964, after a series of fierce competitions, Jinshui finally won the presidential nomination of * * * and the party. At that time, goldwater's main competitor was New York Governor nelson rockefeller, and goldwater defeated him in the California primary. Goldwater's election was opposed by * * * and liberals in the party, believing that goldwater's tough foreign policy would only lead to dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. Goldwater was defeated by President lyndon johnson by a wide margin in the presidential election. As a result, the Hehe Party suffered serious setbacks in national politics and lost a large number of seats in both houses. In the presidential election, goldwater only won his hometown of Arizona and five southern states (before that, it had been a Democratic ticket warehouse). Many * * * and party member also angrily opposed goldwater in the election, arguing that goldwater had a great negative impact on * * * and the future of the party. In addition, Arizona was not established when goldwater was born, which also caused some controversy.

Goldwater is still quite popular in Arizona. He was re-elected as a senator in the 1968 congressional election, replacing retired Carl Hayden. He was successfully elected in the re-election of 1974 and 1980, and Jinshui won the election of 1974 quite easily, although both * * * and the party suffered the negative impact of the Watergate scandal.

Jinshui 1980 considered retiring, but finally decided to run for re-election. It is said that Gao Dehua's wife hoped that he could retire from the Senate in 198 1 year 1 month, but finally goldwater decided to run for re-election. Goldwater unexpectedly faced a strong challenge in the re-election campaign. He is regarded by many people as a character that has been out of voters' appetite and has many weaknesses, especially because he has planned to retire at 198 1. goldwater rarely goes to Arizona except Phoenix and Tucson. Goldwater's main challenge opponent is Bill Schulz, a wealthy real estate developer, who used to be a * * * and turned from the party to the Democratic Party. Schultz invested a lot of money in the campaign. At the same time, the population structure of Arizona is gradually changing, and a large number of immigrants have poured into Arizona. But most of these new voters moved in after goldwater was re-elected, and they don't know much about him. Goldwater has been on the defensive during the election campaign. The preliminary results on the day of invoicing showed that Schultz had the upper hand, but the final result of invoicing the next day was that goldwater won, mainly because a large number of absentee tickets won by goldwater were counted at the end of invoicing. Jinshui 1980 fought hard unexpectedly, because Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter by a big margin in the presidential election that year, and * * * and the party also won back the Senate and regained the 12 seat in one fell swoop. Reagan won Arizona's 6 1% vote in the presidential election.

Goldwater retired in 1987 and served as the chairman of the Senate Intelligence and Military Committee during his last term. Although goldwater was an active member of the Senate in the 1960' s, in the last few years of the Senate, he became a major player in stabilizing the proceedings and a respected elder of both parties. However, goldwater still maintains a tough anti-* * doctrine and "hawkish" diplomatic stance. /kloc-in the 1970s, he tried to resist the adoption of the Panama Canal Treaty to prevent the Panama Canal from returning to the control of the Panamanian government. Perhaps his most important bill during this period was the goldwater-Nichols Act, which reorganized the command structure of the US military.

Goldwater has always been one of the staunch supporters of Wisconsin and Republican Senator joseph mccarthy (only 22 senators voted against condemning McCarthy). He was also a good friend of Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. In fact, goldwater had hoped to have a gentleman's contest with Kennedy in the presidential election of 1964, and planned to have a real-time debate with him. Goldwater was shocked by Kennedy's assassination. He was quite disappointed that it was not Kennedy who ran for president with him, but lyndon johnson, then vice president. Goldwater hates Johnson (he once described Johnson as "a guy who can do all dirty things") and Richard Nixon (he called Nixon "the most dishonest person I have ever met"). It is believed that goldwater forced Nixon to resign as a senator when Watergate broke out. Later, whenever a member of Congress disagreed with the president's party, he was often dubbed as a member of the Golden Water Movement.